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    Closer to the Dream

    Closer to the Dream Image gallery

    Presented by Scribe Video Center at The Ibrahim Theater at International House

    December 14, 2009


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    It’s early 2008. With the American presidential campaign gathering steam, an unrelenting roar has been mounting, resonating all the way to Paris, where African-Americanexpatriate filmmaker, Guetty Felin has been living a self-imposed exile for the last 20 years. Unable to resist the political turbulence back home, she enlists French husband, Hervé Cohen (co-director) and their two sons 15 year-old Yeelen and Joakim, 11, on a journey to bear witness to the historical grassroots movement that is uniting Americans across party and racial lines. And so, what began as a video diary of the political coming of age of their sons, would later turn into an electoral road movie across the country in the quest of rediscovering America and redefining oneself in it.

     

    Director Guetty Felin in Person


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        The Ibrahim Theater at International House

        3701 Chestnut Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19104

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        Tickets: $10; $8 seniors/students; $5 Scribe Members

        Info Phone: 215-222-4201

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        December 14, 2009

        Times:
        7 pm

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